Subwoofer cable question
04-28-03, 05:49 PM
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Subwoofer cable question
My powered subwoofer is currently hooked up with that cheap ass thin stuff that came with it. I've wanted to get a subwoofer cable, but I never find any locally, and the one I saw at Circuit City was like $20. Can I just use a standard RCA audio cable? Or do I need some kind of specific cable for the subwoofer?
04-29-03, 09:22 PM
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I have always used RG-6 coaxial cable with F-connector to RCA adapters. These will give a you as good a quality signal as the most expensive "sub" cables you can buy!
04-30-03, 12:34 AM
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I'm a big fan of the Dayton Audio Sub cables on www.partsexpress.com
Great build quality, good sheilding, nice friggin price!
Great build quality, good sheilding, nice friggin price!
04-30-03, 08:09 AM
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What's the input impedance of your powered sub? It should be some fairly high number, a few kilohms. If so, use any standard audio cable with RCA connectors. You probably don't even need great shielding (due to low pass filters in sub), but it won't hurt anything if you have very well shielded cable. I don't agree that "marketing hype" construction or percentage of speaker cost is a good way to choose, especially in this, the least demanding audio application.
Some subs have relatively low impedance (a few ohms, or tens of ohms) to work better when wired to speaker terminals of amps that don't have "sub out" connector. Those may be better wired with speaker cable.
Some subs have relatively low impedance (a few ohms, or tens of ohms) to work better when wired to speaker terminals of amps that don't have "sub out" connector. Those may be better wired with speaker cable.
